Nutrition Flashcards
- maintains a balanced diet, protein, carbohydrates, vegetables, and fruits
- refers to the food that contains our needed vitamins and minerals
- maintains out daily food allowance
good nutrition
- refers to unhealthy food
- refers to the food that contains high risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other forms of cancer
- more than our daily required food allowance and eventually develops nutritional deficiencies
- cause weight gain, leading to bone problems
Poor nutrition
substances that promotes growth, provides energy, grow, develop, and reproduce
nutrients
Energy providing substances that need to be consumed in large amounts
macronutrients
common forms of macronutrients are? (3)
protein, carbohydrates, and fats
Supports the overall health and promotes metabolism and needs to be consumed in smaller amounts
micronutrients
common forms of micronutrients are what?
vitamins and minerals
This is important in maintaining good health and must combine the Go, Grow, and Glow foods in the right amounts
balanced diets
Composed of:
* food groups that provide body with energy
* source: carbohydrates and fats
* food such as rice, bread, grains, and pasta
* basic among food groups
Go food
Composed of:
* food groups that develop and grow strong bonds and muscles
* source: protein
* meat, eggs, milk, dairy, and beans
Grow foods
- food groups that supply the body with vitamins and minerals, and keeps the body healthy and functioning well
- source: vegetable and fruits
Glow food
A nutritional guide for Filipinos as developed by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institutions (DOST-FNRI)
Pinggang Pinoy
nutritional guide that encourages every Filipino to observe the food they eat every meal, which should be a balanced diet similar to the proposed go, grow, and glow foods
Pinggang pinoy
